On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:40:43 -0600, "Rich" wrote:

>Anyone have a clue why this happens? They are very brief spikes that are not
>overloads on the tape but make a horrible distorted noise. The audio sounds
>fine coming out the decks analog out so I figure it's a firewire/computer
>issue. I have been told by one other that those offending clips need to be
>captured via analog. Any experience with this?

If you look at them on an editor timeline set at the
single-frame level, you may see the audio as full-amplitude,
full-frame width, single-polarity blips. Best guess:
tape drop-out. Camcorders can often cover these, but if you
wish to remove them from AVI files, try the "beepfix" at
http://www.slb.org/beepfix.html